overmoist

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ moist.

Adjective

overmoist (comparative more overmoist, superlative most overmoist)

  1. Excessively moist.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      overmoist heat

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